48 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But the greater of you will be your helper.

But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,

But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.

But it is not so among you. Instead, whoever may want to become great among you, will be your helper,

And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all.

or service, in the service; or he who teaches, in the teaching;

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--

And be ye not designated leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.

For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,

for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.

A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a bondman above his lord.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage. And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

And now, O LORD my God, thou have made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

If a ruler hearkens to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.

Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle separated for the good-news of God

And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him who asked him that, having come, he would save his bondman.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my subordinates would have fought so that I would not be delivered to the Jews, but now my kingdom is not from here.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy rulers feast in the morning!

And enter not into judgment with thy servant. For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

But having summoned them, Jesus said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord over them, and their eminent men have power over them.

And I will give sons to be their rulers, and babes shall rule over them.

Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the sons of Israel.

And he said, No, but [as] captain of the army of LORD I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his servant?

Thou have delivered me from the strivings of the people. Thou have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister, and Moses went up onto the mount of God.

Salute all those who lead you, and all the sanctified. The men from Italy salute you.

Jude, a bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, sanctified in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his rulers, and all his people,

Paul and Timothy, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the sanctified in Jesus Christ who are at Philippi, with the guardians and helpers:

And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

but they shall serve LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,

But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything.

and now it has pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went, and his seed shall possess it.

So Moses the servant of LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of LORD.

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe who is a helper of the congregation at Cenchreae,

for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,